# CVE-2022-27172: Hardcoded credentials in InRouter302

> An attacker can exploit a hard-coded password in the console infactory functionality to execute privileged operations on the router.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rvr3-vjcx-2799

## What is CVE-2022-27172?

CVE-2022-27172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in InHand Networks InRouter302, published on 12 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A hard-coded password vulnerability exists in the console infactory functionality of InHand Networks InRouter302 V3.5.37. A specially-crafted network request can lead to privileged operation execution. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-259 (Use of Hard-coded Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Inhandnetworks Ir302 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-27172 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-27172 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in InHand Networks InRouter302

- [CVE-2022-25995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25995/): Command injection in InRouter302 (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-26042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26042/): Command injection in InRouter302 (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-26075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26075/): Command injection in InRouter302 (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-26085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26085/): Command injection in InRouter302 (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-26420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26420/): Command injection in InRouter302 (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in InHand Networks InRouter302, published on 12 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-27172 exists.

Affected product: InHand Networks InRouter302. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.